by David Phillips | Jun 24, 2017 | Business, Change Theology, Economics
Charles Koch is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist. He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries. And he’s hated by the political Left. The question is, “Why?” Freakonomics Radio...
by David Phillips | Jul 11, 2016 | Featured, Change Theology, Doctoral Studies
It has been determined that there are multiple memory systems within the brain, each devoted to different functions. For example, one memory system allows a person to learn to hit a baseball. Other systems cause a person to remember trying to hit a baseball and not...
by David Phillips | Jul 11, 2016 | Doctoral Studies, Featured, Change Theology
To better understand the role of emotions in a person’s life, it is necessary to understand how the brain functions and how the emotional and rational work together. The two main structures in the brain that demonstrate this functionality are the amygdala and the...
by David Phillips | Jun 2, 2014 | Featured, Change Theology
Always the beautiful answer / who asks a more beautiful question – E. E. Cummings To get to our answers, we must formulate and work through the questions ourselves. Throughout his life Einstein saw curiosity as something “holy,” and American painter Chuck Close...
by David Phillips | Aug 29, 2011 | Books, Change Theology, Formation
In a previous post, I reviewed a book by Co-pastors Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken, of Oak Hills Church in California. They had grown their church using the Willow Creek model of ministry, but found that they were seeing people formed into consumers, not followers of...
by David Phillips | Aug 19, 2011 | Leadership, Change Theology, Formation, Books
Several years ago I went through a small crisis. I have been in some type of ministry since I was 19. But the churches I served, be it as a youth pastor, youth & worship pastor, or senior pastor never were big. We didn’t turn into large churches or...